The EU: Nick Martinek In The Yorkshire Post.The EU:

From: Nick Martinek, Briarlyn Road, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
IN his article the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, states that it has been “40 years since the British people last had their say on Europe” (Yorkshire Post, June 20).
Well, whose fault is that? It is the mainstream politicians like Mr Hague (and Messrs Blair, Brown, Cameron and Clegg etc) who have all denied us referendums when they were constitutionally necessary (and, often, promised).
And of course Mr Hague joins in the general europhilic obfuscation by talking about “Europe”. Unless we were to separate our island from the Eurasian tectonic plate, we will remain a European nation. What we do not have to put up with is the rotten EU: a corrupt, mendacious, artificial, political construct designed by bureaucrats and politicians for the benefit of bureaucrats and politicians.
For 40 years the UK political elite has hidden the extent of the EU takeover of our country – even from themselves. Comically, it often appears that our politicians are bewildered by their lack of leverage, not understanding that our de facto main government now resides in Brussels through their own efforts. But the UK has its own written constitution in varied Acts, Charters and Bills, dating back to the ninth Century, enacting our rights to govern ourselves. It is about time British politicians, such as Mr Hague, obeyed it.